Italian oil painting on canvas, from the seventeenth century
depicting the Old Testament episode in which Susanna,
faithful wife of the wealthy Jew Joachim,
she is threatened while bathing in the garden by two elderly magistrates
who used to frequent their husband's house.
The painting focuses on the group of figures,
painted with decisive strokes and almost completely leaves out the background,
barely hinted at in the foliage of the trees at the corners of the painting.
The wealth of detail in the drapery and
the chiaroscuro palette of colors used
denotes the influence of seventeenth-century Roman models.
The writing at the bottom right (VIEL 1755?)
probably refers to the collector's signature.
First canvas with previous and recent restorations.
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SILVER Seller in Padova, Italia
